Search for family information of Lively Rushing Chairs

I am doing geneology for my family, I am looking for information on a lady called Lively Rushing Chairs. She married a man called Peter Ussery. Information I have said that she was born around 1763. Does anyone know of her. Thank you for any information you might have. I am a Great Grandaughter of Miriam Alene Ussery. ( Who married Carlton Thomas Piper.) I do not know for sure if Lively Rushing Chairs was Choctaw. However it is worth asking. Thanks again.

choctaw was an oral tradition until the mid 1800’s. the choctaw have no records earlier than that. the war department started making records in the early 1800’s. genealogists use names, spouse, children, location and dates to match records. natives often only disclosed tribal affiliation when they enrolled but the choctaw enrollment for this tribe was 1896-1906. if any of her descendants enrolled, you should look at their applications and testimony.

your possible sources of information might be local history books, historical newspapers, county records such as wills. you may have some luck trying to find peter ussery (use various spellings) and seeing if any documents refer to his wife. there might be trading logs too, but since you haven’t mentioned a location, i really can’t help you much with these.

federal records are kept at NARA, national archives and records administration http://www.archives.gov fort worth, TX office for southwest tribes and morrow, GA office for southeastern tribes. most NARA offices have microfilms of some records, however not all records have been microfilmed.

http://www.mytrees.com/ancestry/North-Carolina/Born-1786/Us/Ussery-family/Peter-Ussery-ca001068-612.html
i don’t know if this refers to your family or not.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/ussery
a messageboard for the ussery surname

a DNA website for the surname.
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Ussery/default.aspx?section=yresults

if you know little about the person you are trying to find, it might be a good idea to look at the documentation for the children.

i suspect some of this information because even if she married peter ussery soon after the death of his first wife, she would have been very old to have children – she would have been around 50 years old. in my opinion, her date of birth is likely inaccurate.
http://www.genforum.familytreemaker.com/ussery/messages/382.html
http://www.geni.com/people/Peter-Ussery/6000000006701708415

try the obituary, death certificates first. then the marriage. then a record of birth. childrens’ records point to the parents.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about Amelia Jarvis
Name: Amelia Jarvis
Gender: Female
Birth Place: NC
Spouse Name: Peter Ussery
Spouse
Birth Place: NC
Spouse Birth Year: 1762
Marriage State: of TN
Number Pages: 1
you will want to verify that amelia passed away because this might be the native name of living rushing chairs.

you will want to view the online data here and contact them about possible records:
http://www.tn.gov/tsla/

http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/earlyrecords.htm

http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/taxlist.htm
this is a possibility:
http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/cherokee.htm
these materials are likely available through interlibrary loan. see your local public library for this, taking a list of materials that you want.

http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/tn-paper.htm

i am not finding a record of peter ussery in early records. this could be because peter is a middle name or he was known by another name. there could also be a misspelling of his surname. searched 1790-1850. and i limited the search to TN, but maybe they were elsewhere.

in the 1800 census, there’s a benjamin, 2 samuels, a yankel and an elijah chears in richmond county, NC. i suspect one of these is her husband and father of her children. you will have to look closely at ages that were in her household in 1810, when her youngest was born, when her oldest might have been born, # of children.

some links for the choctaw.
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/choctaw/index.htm
i looked at the land records and those need a lot of work. i have no information about whether or when they will

improve some of these categories.

types of records available for native americans:
pages 366-369 in particular although the entire native american chapter is helpful.
The Genealogist’s Companion and Sourcebook:
Guide to the Resources You Need for Unpuzzling Your Past
Emily Anne Croom
you can ask for these particular pages from your local public library. if they don’t have the book, you can get

the pages through the interlibrary loan program.
native american records are discussed in pages 352-386.

Tracing ancestors among the Five Civilized Tribes: Southeastern Indians …
By Rachal Mills Lennon
this book could be accessed through the interlibary loan program also.

always find the state archives. some records are online, some records are not. but many times you can find a

record not found in other places. you want to see also about newspaper mentions for obituaries, births,

marriages in particular.

check courts for probate, civil and criminal cases, marriage records.

if your ancestors lived on a reservation, they might not appear on a federal census because they were not taxed.
http://www.okgenweb.org/~okgarvin/kinard/1860index.htm
1860 census, indian territory.

this book is a good read about the dawes roll and how they implemented it.
The Dawes Commission and the allotment of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1893-1914
By Kent Carter

good advice about native research:
http://jenniferhsrn2.homestead.com/research2.html

if your relatives came from a different geographic location or belonged to a different tribe, try searching

google for the state and tribes. you might find a contact for a state-recognized tribe or a federal recognized

tribe.

i have collected many resources over the years. if you want to write to me, shamlet76@gmail.com and request the

choctaw resource list, i will be glad to send it to you.

i am just a volunteer that wants to empower people to learn how to do genealogy.

William Ussery was born about 1794 in North Carolina. His parents are unknown at this time. He died Aug 16, 1875 in Giles Co, TN. He married Rebecca Rushing, born Apr 4, 1802 in NC and died May 13, 1865 in Giles Co, TN. Both are buried in the Lucy/Colvett/Roper Cemetery on Factory Creek.

Hello, I have never seen anything to indicate that Lively Rushing Cheairs had any Native American Blood, but I have information about her and a partial on her line. Would you mind sharing information. Don R. Cheairs North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas line.